Donald Trump is 45th US President. Clinton cedes

DEBKAfile was founded by a team of journalists in June 2000 as an independent Internet Web site, providing an intelligence and security news service. November 9, 2016, 10:20 AM (IDT)

Before the votes from all 50 US states were finally tallied, the Republican candidate Donald Trump had ramped up the 270 electors he needed to open his path to the White House and defeat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. This climax marked the end of America’s epic roller-coaster battle for the presidency that broke all the rules of past US electioneering campaigns.

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